Download
1 / 82
820 likes | 927 Views
Amendment to Slide Deck. Amendments have been made to the 4/9/19 slide deck provide clarity to the information as requested by the webinar participants. Changes are in red strikeout for deletion of words or red underlined for addition words on the following slide pages: Page 24 Page 31
E N D
Amendment to Slide Deck Amendments have been made to the 4/9/19 slide deck provide clarity to the information as requested by the webinar participants. Changes are in red strikeout for deletion of words or red underlined for addition words on the following slide pages: Page 24 Page 31 Page 43 Page 45
2019-2022 Navigator ProgramRequest for Application (RFA #2018-16) Webinar The webinar will begin at 10 a.m. Please call in for audio. All participant phone lines will be muted during the webinar. Please use the webinar chat feature to submit questions. April 9, 2019 – 10 AM to 12 PM PST
Topics Affordable Care Act (ACA) & Covered California Navigator Program Overview Navigator Request for Application Navigator Application Process Navigator Application Evaluation and Selection Process Questions & Answers
ACA & Covered California Timeline • March 23, 2010 • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known as the ACA) was signed by President Obama and enacted. • September 2010 • The California Health Benefit Exchange (HBEX) was created. • October 2012 • HBEX is named Covered California. • August 19, 2013 • First California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System (CalHEERS) release • October 1, 2013 • CalHEERS is available for public use and first Open Enrollment begins • January 1, 2014 • First day of Covered California coverage and Medicaid expansion is in effect
Health Benefit Exchange Major Functions: • Standardizing benefits • Screening and Enrolling into the Exchange, Medicaid, and CHIP programs • Provide an Electronic Calculator and Create a Website • Determine Eligibility for Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTC), and Cost Sharing Reductions (CSR) • Eligibility Criteria for the Exchange includes: • Income Above 100% (or 138% in Expansion States) of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) • US Citizens and Lawfully Present • Benefits of Exchange Enrollment • APTC and CSR available on sliding scale based on income between 100% and 400% FPL • APTC can be used to lower monthly premiums or can be saved and received as a tax refund or a reduction of taxes owed • CSRs limit out-of-pocket spending
Covered California’s Promise Vision: To improve the health of all Californians by assuring their access to affordable, high quality care. Mission: To increase the number of insured Californians, improve health care quality, lower costs, and reduce health disparities through an innovative, competitive marketplace that empowers consumers to choose the health plan and providers that give them the best value. Better Care|Healthier People|Lower Cost
Covered California: Strategic Pillars CROSS-CUTTING AREAS OF ATTENTION Innovating for the long term and being nimble in the present. Trailblazing and sharing our experience in California and nationally. Working in partnership with others: DHCS, and other public and private entities.
Outreach and Navigator Grant Program Timeline 8/1/18 – 6/30/19 Navigator Grant Cycle Year 17/18, 10 month extension 7/1/19 – 6/30/22 Navigator Grant Cycle Years 19/20, 20/21, & 21/22 8/1/15-7/31/18 Navigator Grant Cycle Years 15/16, 16/17, & 17/18 10/1/14 – 7/31/15 Navigator Grant Cycle Year 14/15 5/1/13 – 12/31/17 Outreach & Education Grant Program
Navigator Program Covered California’s Navigator Program is a partnership with community organizations across the state who have experience in reaching and assisting California’s diverse populations and have proven success enrolling consumers in health care programs. Navigators are Certified Enrollment Counselors that assist consumers through a variety of outreach, education, enrollment, post enrollment, and renewal support services.
Navigator Program Requirements • Mandatory requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, funded from revenue generated by Covered California. • Have a competitive application process for applicants to apply for the grant contract and funding amount award period. • Requires elected grant entities to conduct outreach and education throughout the grant award period and assist consumers with the enrollment applicationprocess during both the annual Open Enrollment Period and the Special Enrollment Period.
Navigator Program Goals • Maximize enrollment and re-enrollment of eligible consumers Covered California Health Insurance Plans. • Prioritize outreach, enrollment, renewal, and post enrollment assistance. • Engage with organizations that maintain trusted relationships with target markets as defined by geography, employment sector, culture, language, or other shared characteristics. • Partner with organizations that have the capacity to serve as an integral part of Covered California’s service delivery channels. • Maintain a cost effective grant program.
Navigator Role & Activities • Conducting outreach, education, enrollment, renewal assistance, and post-enrollment support; • Raising public awareness of key enrollment facts and dates through effective outreach activities, including potential of in-person, as well as, earned, paid, and social media outreach; • Informing Covered California-eligible consumers of the availability and benefits of obtaining health care coverage; • Promoting the value of purchasing health care coverage; • Motivating consumers to act; • Helping consumers to shop and compare plans; • Facilitating enrollment into Covered California Health Insurance Plans or Medi-Cal; • Assisting consumers with the Covered California-eligible renewal process; and • Providing post-enrollment support to Covered California-eligible consumers.
RFA Purpose • To implementa performance-based funding model with grant payments given when the grantees meet the performance requirement at defined intervals throughout the grant contract term. • To solicit applications from interested organizations to participate and identified areas of enrollment opportunity to establish an outreach, education, and retention strategy that incorporates a staffing plan to accomplish the goals. • To have a critical mechanism in administering and delivering cost effective, hard to reach, underserved, and targeted activities to support enrollment goals and initiatives. • To ensure we have statewide coverage in providing assistance to consumers throughout the state. • To ensure consumers effectuate coverage during new enrollment and renewal.
Grant Awards: Contract & Amount • The grant contract award period is from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022. • The total grant funding amount for these three-year period cannot exceed $19.5M. • Grant contracts awarded under this RFA may be renewed, upon approval by the Board, for two 1-year extensions. Grant Contract Period Fiscal Years: 2019-22 Grant Amount Period Fiscal Year: 2019-20 • The grant amount period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. • The total grant funding amount for FY 2019-20 cannot exceed $6.5M. • Grant amounts per entity can range from $50,000 to $500,000 in $25,000 increments. • Grant contract amounts for the extension periods of FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 will be determined by the Board each state Fiscal Year (FY)
Grant Funding: Core and Optional • Primary geographic: building statewide access to enrollment assistance and sustaining a network of Navigator organizations. • Target populations: hard to reach, subsidy-eligible uninsured populations, and populations that face barriers to enrollment Core Funding – Performance-based Model 2. Targeted Area Pilot Funding (Optional) • Distinct geographic: four meta-regions identified with 37 zip codes • Distinct populations: populations that exceed 1,000 people and are outside of a 15-minute drive from a current Navigator grant entity or a Certified Application Counselor entity location.
Effectuated Enrollment and Renewal Goals • Year over year, Covered California policy changes and decisions may result in changes to effectuated enrollment goals (e.g., the Fiscal Year 2019-20 $175 Cost Per Effectuation basis of the grant award tier amounts is based on a declining market enrollment trend). Should new affordability measures or a return of the individual mandate penalty cause the enrollment trend to increase, Covered California will reevaluate the Cost Per Effectuation basis and adjust it to reflect the prevailing market trends. • Covered California strongly encourages cost-effective proposals that are likely to achieve significant enrollment of eligible consumers in Covered California Health Plans. • Applicants are encouraged, but not required to utilize these figures as guidelines in defining their grant proposals and proposed enrollment and renewal goals.
Outreach Activity Goals • Navigator grant entities will be assigned outreach expectations based on their Grant Amount Award tier • Goals and activity points may be adjusted in each contract renewal grant cycle. • Performance to goal may be used along with enrollment productivity to make decisions on year over year funding adjustments including the decision to terminate grant contract agreements • Navigator grant entities will earn points throughout the grant award year by participating in, tracking, and reporting various outreach activities as listed in Table 4. Activities that Earn Outreach Points on the next page. • Grant entities with subcontractors may report on the activities of sub-entities and will be awarded points for activities tracked.
Targeted Area Pilot Funding - Optional • Organization must apply for the core funding in order to apply for this optional funding. • Up to four $25,000 awards may be funded for one grant entity per region to target with outreach, education, and enrollment events and activities for the 2019-20 agreement term. • Selections for these awards will be limited to organizations who were selected for core funding, and these awards will be made in addition to core funding grant amount awards. • The four awards may be made to separate entities, or multiple awards may be issued to the same entity, depending on evaluation of the application. • Performance in the specified zip codes will be evaluated throughout the grant term year, and continuation of the pilot and funding will be contingent on results meeting appropriate cost per acquisition targets.
Targeted Area Pilot Funding - Optional • Meta-Region 3. North of Redding • 8 Zip Codes • 26,270 • Meta-Region 4. Sierra Foothills • 11 Zip Codes • 47,630 • Meta-Region 1. Yosemite • 10 Zip Codes • 46,091 • Meta-Region 2. San Bernardino • 8 Zip Codes • 34,885
Payment Schedule • Five Total Payments will be issues throughout the 2019-20 grant funding amount term as follows: • Four payments of 20% of award amount • One payment of 20% of award amount adjusted by ±$30 per consumer over or under the established effectuated enrollment goal. • For example, if the grantee exceeds goal by 10 consumers, the final payment will be increased by $300. Conversely, if the grantee falls short of goal by 10 consumers, the final payment will be decreased by $300. * The month of the first payment is contingent upon execution of the contract agreement and receipt of the grantee’s strategic work plan. ** The final payment will be performance adjusted as described above.
Use of Funds Appropriate Use Of Funds: • Funding must only be used to conduct the Navigator Program activities and services contained within the Agreement. • Funds are to be used to perform outreach, education, enrollment, post enrollment, and renewal support to Covered California Health Plan eligible consumers. Inappropriate Use Of Funds: • Any acquisitions made with grant funding shall be in compliance with state and federal law. • The State shall recoup or withhold all or part of a Grantee’s funding for failure to comply with the standards set forth in the Standard Agreement upon which the award was based. • Navigator Program Grant funds shall not supplant federal, state or private funds allocated to conduct the same or similar work contained within the Standard Agreement.
Collaborative Applications & Use of Subcontractors • Identify existing partnerships that can demonstrate operational readiness and the ability to meet effectuated enrollment goal. • Identify a lead organization and list all other collaborative partners as subcontractors. • Lead organization is responsible to ensure subcontractors meet the organization eligibility criteria and follow all other aspects of the Navigator Program. • Submit a copy of their subcontractor agreements prior to executing an agreement with the lead organization. • The lead organization and each subcontractor must submit a Letter of Intent to Participate. • Refer to Section A.2 and A.2.1 in Attachment I. Navigator Grant 2019-22 Application. Note: Lead organizations selected for award are required to submit their subcontractor agreement(s) prior to executing an agreement with Covered California.
RFA Criteria Highly competitive applications will demonstrate: • Cost-effective program • Cultural competency • Existing access and ability to reach target markets • Robust infrastructure to support intake, follow-up, enrollments, and post enrollments • Driving enrollments as the cornerstone of the grantee strategy • Innovative enrollment events with specific marketing strategies • Clear understanding of the populations to be targeted during the open enrollment period and the special enrollment period
Collaborative Application & Use of Subcontractors • Covered California will consider collaborative applications. • Collaborative applications should identify existing partnerships that can demonstrate operational readiness and the ability to meet enrollment goals. • Collaborative applications should identify a lead organization, and list all other collaborative partners as subcontractors. • It is the sole responsibility of the Grantee (lead organization) to ensure subcontractors meet the eligibility criteria and follow all other aspects of the Navigator Program. • Covered California may require lead organizations to submit a copy of their subcontractor agreements prior to executing an agreement with the lead organization.
RFA Criteria – Subcontractor • If a prospective applicant plans to subcontract any part of this effort, the Grant Application must include the information detailed in Subcontractor Information of the Grant Application (Attachment I, Section 1). • The applicant must submit Subcontractor Information and Letter of Intent to Participate for each Subcontractor of the proposal (Attachment I, Section A). • There is no provision for re-granting. • The use of any subcontractor(s) must be fully explained in the Grant Application (Attachment I).
Navigator ProgramApplication Process, Schedule, & Instructions
Application Process • A competitive process by which Covered California will evaluate strengths and weaknesses of each applicant and make final selections based on the criteria contained in the RFA. • The goal is to identify organizations that will provide the best overall value, quality strategies to address the identified areas of enrollment opportunity, and the most effective activities to meet the goals, objectives, and guiding principles of the Navigator Program. • Applicants who demonstrate their experience and ability to effectively provide the services will be favorably considered for grant funding.
Single Point of Contact GRANT APPLICATION SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT Email Address: CommunityPartners@covered.ca.gov
Application Process Multi-Step: • Letter of Intent to Respond (Optional) • Grant Applicant Webinar (Optional) • Grant Application Submission (Required) • Grant Application Evaluation and Selection Process (Required) • Grant Award (Required)
Grant Application Schedule Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for all scheduled activities is 5:00 p.m. (PST) on the specified date. All dates are approximate and subject to change as necessary without an addendum to this Grant Application. Changes will be posted at https://hbex.coveredca.com/solicitations/RFA-2018-16/ and here: http://hbex.coveredca.com/navigator-program/
Applicant Questions and Clarification Due April 9, 2019, 5pm PST • Covered California will accept written questions or concerns related to this Grant Application and/or its accompanying materials, instructions, or requirements. • Organizations may submit questions by emailing the Single Point of Contact at CommunityPartners@covered.ca.gov. • Questions received after the deadline are not guaranteed to be answered. Covered California may, at its sole discretion, post responses to questions at the date and time specified above.
Letter of Intent to Respond (Optional) This letter is optional for lead applicants to notify Covered California their interest to apply for the grant. Due April 16, 2019 • Submit on the organization’s letterhead; • Identify a single contact person, including their first and last name, title, email address, and direct phone number; • Signed by a person who is authorized to contractually bind the organization in a potential future contract; • Identify the estimated number of consumers the applicant will enroll and effectuate during the first year of the grant award period; and • Identify the target population(s) for outreach, education, and enrollment. • Email the letter to the Single Point of Contact at CommunityPartners@covered.ca.gov.
Application Submission Package Due April 23, 2019, 5pm PST • Cover Letter • References -Two Letters of Recommendation • Evidence of Eligibility Document –*For the lead AND each subcontractor • IRS Determination or IRS Affirmation Letter of your organization’s 501(c)3 or 501(d) status, if applicable • All other organizations must provide a Federal Tax Identification Number andany corresponding status determination with on your company’s official letterhead • All entities must provide the most recent Form 990 or Tax Return. • Attachment I - Navigator Grant Application • Attachment II - Subcontractor Information and Letter of Intent to Participate (separate document required for each subcontractor), if applicable.
Application Submission Requirements • Organizations that submit an application must respond to each narrative question completely, and should not reference other sections of the Application to supplement their responses, as each section will be scored independently. • Applicants must ensure that their application complies with the instructions contained in the Request for Application (RFA) document. • Applicants must adhere to the page limits. Additional pages submitted will not be evaluated. • Covered California will only accept Applications that are submitted electronically. Paper copy submissions will not be accepted. • Applications must be submitted electronically via email to CommunityPartners@covered.ca.gov. • Grant applications are due and must be submitted by April 23, 2019 (by 5 p.m. PST).Late submissions will not be accepted or considered. • Applications must be submitted with all required components as listed in Sections A, B and C of the application (Attachment I).
Section A – General Information • A.1 Applicant Information • A.1.1. Lead Organization Information • A.1.2. Primary Contact • A.1.3. Organization Entity Type and Documentation of Eligibility • A.1.4. Previous Applicant Experience • A.1.5. Additional Funding • A.1.6. Estimated Activity and Enrollment Information • A.1.7. Demographic Populations • A.2 Subcontractor Information and Letter of Intent to Participate • A.2.1. Primary and Subcontractor Partnership Agreement
A.1.4. Previous Applicant Experience • Provide three (3) examples of experience, current or recent contracts and/or grants, related to Navigator Program activities as identified in this Request for Application. Specifically, describe the Applicant’s experience in motivating consumers to enroll in health care or other programs or services. Define successful strategies, outcomes, and measurements of impact and success.
